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You can easily invoke the service using HTTP requests. See the following examples.
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If you want to invoke the OData services using the HTTPS protocol use the 8243 port. For an example: |
To get the service document:
Code Block GET httpshttp://localhost:8280/odata/ODataSampleService/default Accept : application/json
To get the meta data of the service:
Code Block GET httpshttp://localhost:8280/odata/ODataSampleService/default/$metadata Accept : application/xml
To read customer details:
Code Block GET httpshttp://localhost:8280/odata/ODataSampleService/default/CUSTOMERS Accept : application/json
To add accounts details, send the HTTP request as shown below. In this example we will be creating an account ID named "1".
Code Block POST httpshttp://localhost:8280/odata/ODataSampleService/default/ACCOUNTS Accept: application/json Content-Type: application/json Prefer : return=representation { "BALANCE" : 12.22 ,"ACCOUNTID" : 1 }
To delete account details, send the HTTP request as shown below. In this example, we will be deleting the account ID "1".
Code Block DELETE httpshttp://localhost:8280/odata/ODataSampleService/default/ACCOUNTS(1) Accept: application/json
To update account details:
Code Block PUT httpshttp://localhost:8280/odata/ODataSampleService/default/ACCOUNTS(1) Accept: application/json { "BALANCE" : 12.22 }
To invoke a particular query, send the HTTP request as shown below. In this example, we will receive the city and phone numbers of customers.
Code Block GET httpshttp://localhost:8280/odata/ODataSampleService/default/CUSTOMERS?$select=CITY,PHONE Accept: application/json
To filter information based on a query, send the HTTP request as shown below. In this example, we will receive the employee details connected to the 'Nantes' city.
Code Block GET httpshttp://localhost:8280/odata/ODataSampleService/default/CUSTOMERS?$filter=CITY eq 'Nantes' Accept: application/json